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Eric Fitzer, center, of the Governor’s Office of Energy Policy, told a House committee that a bill that would open public land to renewable energy development could make Arizona the 'solar capital of the world' if the state could take advantage of available land.

Opening land to renewable energy could make Az 'solar capital'

Jul 30, 2014 ◇ Matthew Seeman/Cronkite News Service

Arizona could become the world's solar-energy capital - with some help from Congress, said Eric Fitzer, of the governor’s energy office. He and La Paz County Supervisor D.L. Wilson were supporting a bill to make it easier to develop renewable-energy on federal land. Read more»